The 1939 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1939 college football season. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–5 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. The Wildcats scored 107 points and gave up 108 points.

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 30	[[(({school))}|Fort Hays]]*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 34–7
October 6	at Marquette*	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI		W 3–0
October 14	Colorado*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 20–0
October 21	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO		L 7–9	12,000
October 28	No. 10 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W9XAK	L 9–25
November 4	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)		W 27–6
November 11	No. 6 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS		L 10–13	17,545
November 18	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)		L 0–10	5,339
November 25	at Boston College*	Fenway Park Boston, MA		L 0–20	11,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Kansas State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers on October 28, 1939. This game was the first college football homecoming game ever shown on television.^[1] It was also the second ever televised college football game and the first televised game west of New York City.

Kansas State scored first with a field goal. Two minutes later Nebraska took the lead.^[2] Nebraska won the game 25–9.^[3]

Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite.^[4] The matchup was considered to be important to the outcome of the Big Six Conference championship.^[5] Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the nation that were unbeaten up to that point.^[6]